In my former town the local Banditos chapter had a distinguished list of offenses. They specialized in drunk driving, low level sales of narcotics, and sex with minors.
Squares with my exposure to bikers good and bad. So WHY, USNbandit, is it that two thirds of the folks arrested had ZERO prior criminal record in Texas? WHAT explains the complete lack of a criminal record in Texas for one of the guys who was killed, biker J.D. Rodgriguez, a decorated Marine (Purple Heart) and life-long biker?
The very fact that real criminal hard-core bikers have a distinguished list of offenses, puts the BIG STINK on this thing because the vast majority of folks arrested and held in million dollar bail, have zip arrest records, at least in the State of Texas. Maybe out-of-state "biker scum" dominated this meeting to discuss legislation among a wide coalition of clubs ranging from Christian to "outlaw" ... but ... I ain't holdin' my breath.
Around the same time as the Twin Peaks shoot out, there were two other incidents in the same area. Either leakers from Twin Peaks, or people that never made it there. I honestly think the locals thought there was going to be a wide spread war and decided to hold everybody, especially since they didn’t know who all the shooters were. I think that’s a big stretch to hold them this long, but I don’t know about Texas law.